Sacha, one of my closest friends here is moving to Juelich in Germany where she got a research job for her post doctorate. Her farewell party was German themed: Come as something German ( Read more... )

Computator!Last Sunday I gave up & bought my Mac. I still love my PC and will keep dear old Damian till he decides to full on die and never turn on again, but he's got a few quirks like a wireless that will not turn on, some sound issues, and he hangs a lot. Also I think he's getting a bit tired. So I got him a younger sibling. And yes, I named my ( Read more... )

Today, Miel & I went to the Star Wars exhibit at the Powerhouse museum ( Read more... )

had trouble sleeping, tossing turning plus paranoid thoughts that the boxes in the room with the aircon vent would blow up.

that said, i got up to watch obama!

i wore my obama shirt and got all teary eyed when he swore in. loved the speech.

going to bed now.

Thursday We scored free tickets to the tennis, thanks to my ex boss Michelle. We got front row "restricted view" seats, meaning you are blocked by a fence that you can see through, or see over. I went with Len, Miel & Sacha. Len was for Novak Djokovic and Sacha was for Mario Ancic. Since they are from Serbia and Croatia respectively, there were ( Read more... )

New Year's Eve was exhausting but worth it. We got to Bradfield Park at 2pm and waited until the first fireworks at 9. We had a prime spot. The fireworks were spectacular. We had to walk home - from Kirribilli over the harbour bridge, into the city where starving, I popped by the longest queue ever at Mc Donalds, before we finally made it onto a ( Read more... )

Friday we had drinks at the house. Everyone stayed until after Miel and I were both asleep and dranks some more. I think they left at one am. I have decided, after we ran out of dishwashing liquid, and such, that I do not want anymore events at my house for the forseeable future. I'm tired of cleaning up, of throwing out the beer bottles, etc. I ( Read more... )

So I saw Neil Gaiman again for the 3rd time. I have to say that I tried to upload pictures but my internet is so damn slow I dunno it ain't really working ( Read more... )

I made my leisurely way to the concert tonight. Everyone wanted to see the front act but I didn't give a shit, seriously. So I told everyone to go ahead and literally strolled to the concert. I was there so late that there were people leaving the Bulldogs vs Roosters game already - mostly Bulldogs, which lead me to surmise that they were losing. ( Read more... )

Okay, so we were in the middle-ish and he was far but I didn't feel bad cos I was much closer during Live Earth and I've seen it na. Its the music I came to hear. And yes, I did scream Jack Mahal Kita at one point ( Read more... )